What happens when the mysteries dry up?
The questions you had
When it began
Today
Solemnly
Watching the cars go by
Metal birds without song
What do they sound like
To the robin soaring above?
To him
Below are quarries and mines
Hot pavement
Metals stones glass and heat
Specks of seed, trees and meat
Loss dots this world
Like flowers in a field
Constant in its attempts
To crack through
To claim
To conquer
To forget
Everything is reborn
That the robin can see
The nature of everything
Twists deforms destroys dies and denies
That its time is over
Or at least the question it posed
Is answered
To some
Resurrection is the birth
Of questions without answers
The placement of layers
Around the core
Waiting
For when the blank slate of inquiry
Begins it again
Gene G. McLaughlin 2017